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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Cwmafan

  

Cwmafan Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Cwmafan

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Cwmafan history

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In 1985 the Ynys-y-Gwas bridge suddenly collapsed, cutting off the water supply to the residents of Maesteg. The village has a history of metalworking, with large copper, iron and tin works close by.

Cwmafan culture & places

Sports teams

Neath Port Talbot is home to several sporting grounds including the Welfare Ground. Cwmavon RFC are currently playing in the Welsh Rugby Union leagues. A second rugby union pitch along with a football pitch, tennis courts and bowling green are located at Parc Siencyn Powell.

Cwmafan geography / climate

The River Afan runs through the village from north-east to south-west; the village is on the right bank. Foel Fynyddau is 370 m (1200 ft) high and stands above the northern edge of the village. Mynydd-y-Gaer is at its summit the community boundaries of Cwmafan, Baglan and Briton Ferry.

You can visit Cwmafan places with Walkfo Cwmafan to hear history at Cwmafan’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Cwmafan has 42 places to visit in our interactive Cwmafan map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Cwmafan, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Cwmafan places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Cwmafan & the surrounding areas.

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42 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Cwmafan historic spots	Cwmafan tourist destinations	Cwmafan plaques	Cwmafan geographic features
Walkfo Cwmafan tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Cwmafan

  

Best Cwmafan places to visit

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Cwmafan has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Cwmafan’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Cwmafan’s information audio spots:

Baked Bean Museum of Excellence The Baked Bean Museum of Excellence is a private museum located in Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom. The museum is located in the Welsh town of Port Talbot.

Neath Port Talbot Hospital Neath Port Talbot Hospital is a general hospital in Wales. It is managed by Swansea Bay University Health Board. The hospital is located in Neath Port Talbot, Wales.

St Catharine’s Church, Baglan St Catharine’s Church is the mother church of the parish of Baglan in Port Talbot, South Wales. It was built between 1875 and 1882 at the expense of Griffith Llewellyn, owner of nearby Baglan Hall. The church was constructed in the Decorated Gothic style and dressed with Forest of Dean sandstone. It replaced the older St Baglan’s Church, a pre-Norman building that was largely destroyed by a fire in 1954.

Talbot Athletic Ground The Talbot Athletic Ground is a sports stadium located in central Port Talbot, Wales, with a maximum capacity of 3,000. The ground is home to Welsh rugby union team Aberavon RFC, and the Wales women’s national team.

Pontrhydyfen Pontrhydyfen (or Pont-rhyd-y-fen) is a small village in the Afan Valley, in Neath Port Talbot county borough in Wales. The village sits at the confluence of the River Afan and the smaller Afon Pelenna, 1.8 miles (2.9 km) north of the larger village of Cwmafan. The views from the village are dominated by the hills of Foel Fynyddau and Moel y Fen. The built-up area has a population of around 830.

River Afan River Afan (Welsh: Afon Afan) is a river in Wales whose valley formed the territory of the medieval Lords of Afan. The town of Aberavon grew up on the banks of the river and was later subsumed by Port Talbot.

Mynydd Emroch television relay station The Mynydd Emroch television relay station is sited on the eponymous hill to the east of Port Talbot. It was originally built in the 1970s as a fill-in relay for UHF analogue television. It consists of a 25 metres (82 ft) self-supporting lattice tower standing on a hillside which is itself 600 ft (183 metres) above sea level.

Bryn, Neath Port Talbot Bryn (English: Hill) is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot County Borough in Wales. The name of the village now familiarly ‘Bryn’, is Bryntroedygam. The village is located in the hills between Cwmafan and Maesteg in the Llynfi Valley.

Port Talbot War Memorial The memorial commemorates local men killed in the First World War and Second World War. It was sculpted by Louis Frederick Roslyn and opened to the public in 1926. The memorial has been Grade II* listed since 2000.

Holy Cross Church, Port Talbot Holy Cross Church, Port Talbot was built in 1827 as a chapel of ease to Margam Abbey. It was originally donated by C. R. M. Talbot, MP, as a church for local people who could not get to the abbey to worship. The parents of Anthony Hopkins were married at the church in 1936.

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